FILE – Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell appears on a monitor on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. The Federal Reserve is poised this week to raise its benchmark interest rate for an eighth time since March. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is poised this week to raise its benchmark interest rate for an eighth time since March. But the Fed will likely announce a smaller hike for a second straight time, and it could change some key wording in its post-meeting statement about future rate increases. A change in its statement, if there is one, could be seen as signaling an eventual pause in the Fed’s aggressive drive to raise borrowing costs. Chair Jerome Powell is still likely to stress, though, that the Fed’s campaign to conquer high inflation is far from over.

Shown is the statue of Christopher Columbus at Marconi Plaza in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Philadelphia removed the plywood box it placed over the statue after 2020 protests over racial injustice. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that the mayor of Philadelphia discriminated against Italian Americans in renaming the city’s Columbus Day holiday to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. A U.S. District judge ruled a year ago that the council member and three Italian American heritage groups suing hadn’t been harmed by Mayor Jim Kenney’s executive order. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Friday that the government “does not violate the Equal Protection Clause every time it affirms or celebrates an ethnicity.” Attorney George Bochetto, who filed the lawsuit, told The Philadelphia Inquirer he will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Photo submitted by Allegheny Health Network

PITTSBURGH — Allegheny Health Network has introduced its new “We See You” brand platform, designed to showcase the many ways that AHN and its care providers serve, support and “see” people throughout their lives — on good days and bad ones, in the home and in the hospital, in challenging times and in times of triumph, and every moment in between.

The “We See You” platform and campaign succeeds AHN’s award-winning “Living Proof” campaign, which has served as AHN’s primary brand platform since 2016.

“‘We See You’ is a big promise to each of our patients — that we see them for the unique individuals they are, for the unique health needs they have and for who they want to become.  It’s the essence of our Living Health model,” said Bruce A. Meyer, MD, Executive Vice President and Western Pennsylvania market president for AHN and Highmark Health.

AHN, part of Highmark Health, is a Pittsburgh-based health system consisting of 14 hospitals, as well as hundreds of additional care sites and home and community-based services.

One of the brand platform’s unique features is that it will also be weaved into AHN’s internal employee recognition and engagement efforts, linking to the organization’s own values and care mission.

“‘We See You’ isn’t just an external campaign,” Dr. Meyer said. “It’s also a commitment to our amazing caregivers — we see them at the start of their shift and at the end of a long day, and we appreciate all they do to provide exceptional care and comfort to the patients who rely on AHN for their health and wellness.”

Developed in partnership with Highmark Health’s in-house agency, Tonic, the new brand platform will include TV, print and radio ads, social media posts, streaming service spots, and other digital advertising vehicles, in the Pittsburgh, Pa., and Erie, Pa., regions.

This photo provided by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra shows new conductor Matthew Kraemer, who is pictured at the Orpheum in New Orleans on Nov. 8, 2022. For 17 seasons, the LPO has been under the musical direction of Carlos Miguel Prieto. That changes in the summer of 2023 when the orchestra begins to take its cues from Kraemer. The orchestra’s Board of Trustees recently announced that Kramer will take over in July 2023 and have his official introduction to music lovers in mid-September. Prieto accepted a new position in North Carolina. (Justen Williams/343 Media/Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra via AP)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For 17 seasons the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra has been under the musical direction of Carlos Miguel Prieto. That changes this summer when the LPO begins to take its cues from conductor Matthew Kraemer. The orchestra’s Board of Trustees recently announced that Kramer will take over in July and have his official introduction in mid-September. Kraemer, a native of Indiana, was appointed music director and principal conductor of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra in 2015. He also served as music director of the Butler County Symphony in Pennsylvania and artistic director of Orchestra Indiana. Kraemer has called the new appointment an “opportunity of a lifetime.”

Jessie Blanchard’s jeep bumper holds a sticker with the slogan “Yes We Narcan” on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Albany, Ga. Naloxone, available as a nasal spray and in an injectable form, is a key tool in the battle against a nationwide overdose crisis linked to the deaths of more than 100,000 people annually in the U.S. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — Access has improved across the U.S. to a rescue drug that reverses opioid overdoses, but advocates say naloxone — commonly known by its brand name Narcan — still isn’t getting to everyone who needs it. A small group of volunteers run an organization that appears to be the largest distributor of naloxone in Albany, Georgia. But many communities lack similar structures. Public health experts are telling U.S. state and local government officials in charge of using funds from opioid settlements to consider getting more naloxone into the hands of people who use drugs and those who are around them. In some places, it goes mostly to first responders.

FILE – The building that housed office space of President Joe Biden’s former institute, the Penn Biden Center, is seen at the corner of Constitution and Louisiana Avenue NW, in Washington, Jan. 10, 2023. The discovery of classified documents at an office Biden used during his brief time outside government has thrust his namesake think tank into an unwelcome spotlight. The Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement was a landing spot for the president after he left the vice presidency in 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The discovery of classified documents at an office that President Joe Biden used during his few years outside government has thrust his namesake think tank in Washington into an unwelcome spotlight. The Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement was a landing spot for Biden after he left the vice presidency in 2017. Biden brought with him trusted staff and boxes of files to further the think tank’s mission. Now, a small batch of those files is at the center of controversy because some were classified documents that Biden had no right to retain.

FILE – State Sen. Cris Dush, R-Jefferson, listens during a news conference in Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican lawmakers who’ve spread election conspiracy theories and falsely claimed that the 2020 presidential outcome was rigged are overseeing legislative committees charged with setting election policy in two major battleground states. Divided government in Pennsylvania and Arizona means that any voting restrictions those GOP legislator propose is likely to fail. Even so, the high-profile appointments give the lawmakers a platform to cast further doubt on the integrity of elections in states that will be pivotal for selecting the next president in 2024. And awarding them such plum positions would appear to run counter to the message delivered in last November’s elections, when voters rejected election-denying candidates running for top offices in key states.

(Harrisburg, PA) To advocate for the diverse needs of all Pennsylvania students, House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) will be hosting an informational hearing and subsequent press conference on how our K-12 schools are funded January 30 at 2pm.

Kail; members of the committee; Nathan Benefield, senior vice president, Commonwealth Foundation; Michael A. Whisman, CPA, founder and executive officer, Charter Choices; Dr. Lawrence F. Jones Jr., CEO, Richard Allen Preparatory Charter School; Dr. Beth Jones, COO and interim CFO, Insight PA Cyber Charter School; and Brian Hayden, CEO, PA Cyber Charter School will be in attendance.

The conference will take place in Room 140 of the Main Capitol. A press conference in the Main Rotunda will immediately follow the hearing. Barring any technical difficulties, the events will be streamed online at www.PAGOPPolicy.com, www.PAHouseGOP.com, www.RepKail.com, www.Facebook.com/RepKail and www.Facebook.com/pagoppolicy.